Meaningful work, not welfare, is every American's hope, and we have a continuing responsibility to make those hopes a lasting reality.

There can be no security anywhere in the free world if there is no fiscal and economic stability within the United States.

Dreams became issues of East versus West. Hopes became political rhetoric. Progress became a search for power and domination. Somewhere the truth was lost that people don't make war, governments do.

This is not to say that the government should confiscate from the "haves" and bestow upon the "have-nots", beyond the requirements of a compassionate welfare program to provide for those who cannot provide for themselves. Far from it. But it is to say that our duty is to foster a strong, vibrant wealth-producing economy which operates in such a way that new additions to wealth accrue to those who presently have little or no ownership stake in their country.

The fact is, we'll never build a lasting economic recovery by going deeper into debt at a faster rate than we ever have before.

There seems to be an increasing awareness of something we Americans have known for some time - that the ten most dangerous words in the English language are "Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."

Our liberty springs from and depends upon an abiding faith in God.